Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine Rank Baruch College Among Top 25 Schools for Entrepreneurship

New York, NY, September 20, 2011 -- Baruch College has been placed at #22 on the “Top 25 Undergraduate Programs for Entrepreneurship" list released today by The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. For the fourth year in a row, the College was chosen for this annual list from more than 2,000 schools surveyed by The Princeton Review for Entrepreneur magazine. Evaluations were based on key criteria such as teaching entrepreneurship business fundamentals in the classroom; staffing departments with successful entrepreneurs; excellence in mentorship; and providing experiential or entrepreneurial opportunities outside of the classroom.

With 500 enrolled students in Baruch’s entrepreneurship courses for fall 2011, eight full-time faculty including three endowed chaired professors and 10 adjunct faculty, the entrepreneurship program at Baruch College stands as an educational leader in entrepreneurship in the country. The program’s faculty are experts in all aspects of entrepreneurship and include Dr. Edward Rogoff, who was named the 2010 Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.